I put together some small fall items that I found at our local dollar store to create a fall themed Tot Sensory Tub.
This tub kept her happy for a long time.
Happy Fall!
The kids are growing up so we tried some more activities geared toward teens this year!
Hot Cocoa & Apple Cider
Carmel Apples (red, green, yellow apples) with mini chocolate chips, chopped nuts, and sprinkles
Roasted Hot Dogs
S’mores
Chili with cheese, crackers and corn chips
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This was one of the kids favorite activities this year!
We went to the backyard forest for these pictures. These three girls are cousins; we decided to take the pictures for as a Christmas gift for the grandparents.
We did get a couple smiles from the tiny one.
The picnic table was a fun addition to our photoshoot.
Little Miss Storm wasn’t interested in cooperating with her smiles today.
This year it was unanimous that we wanted to dress as the X-men for Storm! I found most of the costumes at used clothing stores and made most of the other props.
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I took the kids to the pumpkin patch to find pumpkins. They choose “mutant pumpkins” which were perfect for our Trunk-or-Treat theme of X-Men.
I decorated the trunk to look like the gate/wall outside of Professor X’s school. Stone wall, vines, sign with address for the school, and some “mutant pumpkins”. We dressed as the characters in the 80’s Animated X-Men Series.
I made Storm’s costume from an old white onesie and some yellow ribbon. I also made the red circular “X” badges out of some buttons. She is the reason that we chose to dress as the X-men this year!
My 15 year old son dressed as Professor Xavier. We barrowed my mother-in-law’s wheel chair and I found a green suit and blue tie at Goodwill. It was a perfect find!
My son’s girlfriend dressed as Jubilee. We found all of her pieces to her outfit at Goodwill as well. The gloves are just yellow, rubber dish gloves. I made her glasses with paint pens and an old pair of sunglasses that I found. I made the earring from the red buttons that I used from Storm’s costume. People who watched the cartoon as kids knew exactly who she was!
My younger son wanted to be Gambit, so I found a Gambit T-Shirt on Amazon. Then he used a large brown and a ski mask. The wig was from Goodwill sold brand new!
My step daughter wanted to be Phoenix, so I found a Phoenix T-Shirt on Amazon. Then she used a green tights and boots with yellow dish gloves. The wig was from Goodwill sold brand new!
I dressed as Rogue and found Rogue T Shirt on Amazon. I wore green tights, an olive colored jacket, black headband, gold boots, and yellow dish gloves. I made the X’Men coms with red foam and a black sharpie, then we pinned the to our outfits!
My husband dressed as Wolverine. I found his Wolverine shirt on Amazon too. The boys also had some claws in their play stuff, but we lost one, so he just had 1 claw in this photo!
Baby is Cinderella for her 2 month photos… She wasn’t feeling well today, but I still got a few smiles!
I had a lot of fun creating this beautiful magical photo set for her.
I love ivy and pumpkins. I wanted to incorporate the pumpkins, but I didn’t want to have bright orange in my magical fairyland; so I spray painted sliver onto some pumpkins and they turned out great!
Two months old this October, and I love pumpkins! It was a bit chilly so I had to do an outfit change at the last minute. I was just going to do the tutu and bow, but added the overalls; it turned out so adorable!
I used a basket that I found in the kitchen and the crate that we use to keep things in the living room, so I didn’t have to buy any props except the pumpkins!
She really did not enjoy this photo shoot very much, but I did manage to get a smile near the end.
We have been dressing up for Halloween as a family for the past few years. Since the kids are getting older, this year we decided to participate in the Trunk-or-Treat event rather than attending it. We volunteered our trunk at each of the boys schools and also at our church. So we could use our Star Wars decorations more than once! Two of our event were moved in doors due to an early snowfall this year.
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We decorated the trunk with a black table cloth hanging in the background. Then we hung white Christmas lights all around. We added some Star Wars Light Sabers with our sign and pumpkins. We passed out glow sticks instead of candy.
We dressed up as a family for Halloween this year. We chose the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
I tried to make the boys special lunches for Halloween since it’s on a school day this year! I cut a crooked mouth in the sandwich and added candy eyes to make a monster. Drew Jack-o-Lantern face on the oranges, and ghost faces on the cheese sticks. AND Candy Corn is always a favorite with my boys!
We dressed up as a family with our friends for Halloween. We chose the Batman, Bain, Poison Ivy, Joker, and Harley Quinn!
